Avis Walter S Ed (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. An abridgment of A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles. 294 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jean Gault and Mary Guest (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 7.25 x 9.75 inches approximately. 927 pages. In near fine/fine condition, very minor wear. Includes a book review newspaper article from The Globe magazine: 'Never before has a systematic record of Canadian English with illustrative and illuminating quotations been collected and published', eh.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good / Good (slipcase). Octavo, 9.7 in. x 7 in., pp. xxiii, 927. Red linen boards with gilt title to spine. Just a touch of sunning to spine. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Housed in publisher's slipcase; gilt coat of arms and title to side of slipcase. Scuffing and rubbing to slipcase (which thus preserved the book very well!). SPine and hinges tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Red linen hard covers, in acetate dust jacket, and slipcase. With publisher's 100th anniversary bookplate to front endpaper. Old owner's name to endpaper, and some edge-wear to slipcase. Otherwise fine: clean and tight. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Extensive bibliography. xxiv,926pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Red linen hard covers, in acetate dust jacket, and slipcase. Some edge-wear to slipcase. Otherwise fine: clean and tight. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Extensive bibliography. xxiv,926pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.